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Fourth Project Meeting 31st March 1st April
2006 Koper City of Koper Presentation of
Action n. 4 Training And Information On The New
Cohesion Policy Lorenzo Segato, AICCRE
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AGENDA

1. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT ACTIVITY 4
2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA
3. DEFINITION OF THE ACTIVITIES
4. TIMEFRAME FOR IMPLEMENTATION

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1 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT ACTIVITY 4

• IONAS project extension
• In June 2005 the Municipality of Venice asked
  AICCRE to develop a specific training course on
  new structural funds for the IONAS Project
  partners, as activity for the project extension.
• AICCRE is an association of Local Authorities ,
  with experience in training courses on EU funded
  projects. Since 1999 it has trained some 1.500
  people coming from all Italian Regions to get and
  to manage European funding opportunities. Its
  seat in Veneto is San Servolo Island, Venice.
• AICCRE developed the proposal that has become
  part of IONAS project.

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• BACKGROUND
• Regional Policies in Europe are based on
  financial solidarity, which means that part of
  Member States contributions to EU budget go
  back to Regions and weak territories through
  project financing. At the end of the period
  2000-2006 this funding (structural) will have
  come to 213 billions of Euro, a third of EU
  balance. The current period of Structural Funds
  programs and instruments will come to its end in
  December 2006 and the Commission, the Member
  States and the regions are preparing for the new
  programming period between 2007 and 2013.
• The new programme is a n important opportunity
  and challenge that cannot be missed!

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• THE IDEA
• To organise a training activity for raising
  awareness on the new funding period 2007 2013
  and to provide partner organisations useful
  skills for fund raising and project management in
  Interreg activities in the future years.
• The course shall focus on the PRINCIPLES of
  Structural Funds Management (part 1), on
  PRACTICAL ASPECTS (part 2), putting into evidence
  the differences between OLD and NEW funding
  opportunities and instruments.

2007
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DEFINITION OF THE ACTIVITIES

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• THE STRUCTURE
• The course is made of two main parts
• 1 PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL FUNDS MANAGEMENT
• 2 PRACTICAL ASPECTS
• Each part is organised in MODULES, divided in
  SECTIONS that are made by a set of UNITS.
• The Unit is the standard component for the
  training about its size, format, credits (i.e.
  estimated number of hours).

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DEFINITION OF THE ACTIVITIES

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• THE SELF EVALUATION PROCESS
• ADMITTANCE TEST knowledge of English, structure
  of European Union, computer skills,
• MODULE 1 EU Institutions and the new generation
  of Structural Funds
• Section 1 Role of EU institutions in planning
  and managing the new structural funds
• Section 2 Impact of Lisbon Agenda on structural
  funds
• MODULE 1 SELF EVALUATION
• MODULE 2

TEST
MODULE 1
EVALUATION
MODULE 2
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DEFINITION OF THE ACTIVITIES

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• THE CONTENTS PART 1 (1)
• Module I EU Institutions and the new generation
  of Structural Funds
• Section 1 EU Institutions role in planning,
  contracting, approving and implementing the
  documents on new Funds
• Section 2 Lisbona Agenda and its influences on
  new structural funds, actions, areas, and
  policies
• Evaluation
• Module II Project Cycle Management
• Section 3 PCM and planning
• Section 4 PCM and projecting - the Logical
  Framework
• Section 5 PCM and risk management Project
  Management elements
• Section 6 PCM and evaluation and monitoring
• Evaluation

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DEFINITION OF THE ACTIVITIES

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• THE CONTENTS PART 1 (2)
• Module III The new Structural Funds
• Section 7 New funds regulations
• Section 8 Funds and zoning. Effects of budget
  cuts and Lisbona Agenda
• Evaluation
• Module IV New Objective zones
• Section 9 Convergence
• Section 10 Competitivness
• Evaluation
• Module V Cooperation, IPA and EMPI
• Section 11 New Interreg Programme
• Section 12 After Tacis and Meda the new ENPI
• Evaluation

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DEFINITION OF THE ACTIVITIES

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• THE CONTENTS PART 2
• Module VI Structural Funds in practice
• Section 13 Examples of supporting documents (if
  available) or examples of actual Structural Funds
  documents
• Section 14 Examples of how to support the
  proposals - hints and strategies of lobbying
• Section 15 Examples of project management
  procedures
• Final Evaluation
• EURO-PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE CERTIFICATE

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DEFINITION OF THE ACTIVITIES

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• THE METHODOLOGY
• e-Learning platforms
• Time self-organisation (in a common framework)
• Documents for individual deepening of specific
  arguments
• Ex-ante and ex Post Assessment
• Self-evaluation
• Open sessions with the experts

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THE TIMEFRAME

• Euro Project Management Online Training Course
• THE TIMEFRAME
• MARCH 2006 PRESENTATION OF THE ACTIVITY TO THE
  PARTNERS
• JUNE 2006 SELECTION OF TRAINEES AND
  PRESENTATION OF THE COURSE IN DETAIL
• OCT. JAN. 2007 EURO-PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  COURSE
• JAN. FEB 2007 EVALUATION OF ACTIVITY 4

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THANK YOU Lorenzo Segato AICCRE Lorenzo.se
gato_at_europelago.it